Pratik Khandelwal

Code 🧑‍💻, chords 🎸, and caffeine ☕

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

Government investment toward Artificial Intelligence:

US govt: $7–10 billion per year
India govt: $1.25 billion over 5 years (IndiaAI Mission)

Ladli Behna budget for Maharashtra is $4.2 billion/year

One state freebie budget is THREE times the AI budget

Talk about priorities!

[Anviksha @Anviksha_]

The two sides of India:
On one hand, the privileged misuse reservation to get jobs with lower marks.

On the other, truly capable candidates with high scores are left behind just because of their caste.
How can the nation develop if merit is ignored? 🤔

[प्रणव @PranavaBhardwaj]

If @narendramodi cannot even condemn the cold blooded killing of our citizens by US.

There is no point he should continue as the Prime Minister.

India is not a colony of US.

India is a sovereign democratic republic.

Modi should resign if he is under this pressure.

[Utd_SKM @skm_utd]

@IndianGems_ This is the most corrupt govt we have seen till now. They are doing corruption openly under the garb of nationalism

[Tech Bharat (Nitin Agarwal) @techbharat]

Just do it guys! Let's break the Auto industry's lobby and government's arrogance. We buyers have the ultimate power! Let's make it a trend. Let's stop buying the Cars!

[Barkha Trehan 🇮🇳 / बरखा त्रेहन @barkhatrehan16]

Dear FEMINISTS
The silence is deafening. Himanshu Jangra’s career was dismantled overnight for his toxic comments, but Dr. Sejal Pawar faces zero mainstream accountability for publicly joking about violating medical ethics and body donors. Why the selective outrage?

[Suraj G Naik @yoursurajnaik]

What a shameless hypocrisy!

#LongestServingElectedPMModi

[Nut Boult @NutBoult]

0/10.

For common people, corruption has not ended. Go to a police station, RTO, revenue office, municipal office, land department, licensing desk, or almost any government counter. Without “extra fees”, files still move like dead bodies.

Digital India may have reduced some small leakages, but the real disease is still alive. The system still humiliates honest citizens and rewards people who know whom to pay, whom to call, and whom to please.

And now we are told to accept every experiment quietly, from fuel policies to ethanol pushing, whether it genuinely helps people or simply creates another lobby.

Modi came with the promise of removing corruption. After 12 years, the common man still feels the same pain in government offices. The tragedy is that BJP ministers seem more interested in protecting power till 2029 than cleaning the rot inside the system.

Corruption has not been eliminated. It has only become more polished, more centralized, and more shameless.

[Pankaj Arora 🇮🇳 @Panks_Arora]

Earlier my full tank used to cost ₹3300.

Now the same tank costs ₹3567.
That’s already ₹267 extra.

But the real damage is mileage.

Earlier:
16.5 kmpl average

Now:
11.5 kmpl average

If I drive 1,650 km a month:

Earlier fuel needed:
1,650 ÷ 16.5 = 100 litres

Now fuel needed:
1,650 ÷ 11.5 = 143 litres

Extra fuel consumption:
43 litres more every month.

At around ₹101.90/litre,
monthly extra expense = ₹4,382 more.

So effectively:

₹3300 tank became ₹3567
+
₹4382 extra monthly fuel burn because mileage crashed.

Middle class is paying more money to travel the same distance.

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

Fertility rate is falling but Freebies will create major imbalance in future.

People earning 30+ LPA are having 1 child or none.
Housing, education, everything is costly now.

Meanwhile, people on subsidies having 3-4 kids.

Taxpayers need support, else there's no going back!

[Nut Boult @NutBoult]

Stop fooling people with “cheap fuel” marketing.

Fuel is not cheap because the litre price is lower. Fuel is cheap only when cost per kilometre is lower.

If petrol/E20 at ₹102.12 gives 40 km/l, the running cost is ₹2.55 per km.

Now E85 is being shown as “₹20 cheaper” at around ₹82.12 per litre. Sounds great, right?

But E85 has much lower energy because ethanol carries less energy than petrol. So if mileage drops from 40 km/l to around 29 to 32 km/l, the so-called cheap fuel becomes equal or even costlier per km.

This is the real scam:
Government shows price per litre.
Public pays cost per kilometre.

And this is not just about mileage. Ethanol absorbs water. Water plus oxygen plus metal means corrosion risk. If ethanol-water separation happens inside storage or fuel systems, the bottom layer can become more corrosive and damaging to tanks, pumps, injectors, lines, seals and older fuel-system parts.

Basic chemistry:

Ethanol oxidation can form acetic acid:
C2H5OH + O2 → CH3COOH + H2O

Acid can attack iron:
Fe + 2CH3COOH → Fe(CH3COO)2 + H2

Rust needs iron, oxygen and water:
4Fe + 3O2 + 6H2O → 4Fe(OH)3

So stop calling it cheap unless you publish the full truth:

1. Blend percentage at every pump
2. Vehicle compatibility clearly displayed
3. Expected mileage loss
4. Cost per km, not just price per litre
5. Long-term impact on older vehicles
6. Warranty clarity in writing

If ethanol is truly better, prove it with transparent cost-per-km data. Don’t make citizens pay the same price for lower energy fuel and then tell them it is a national service.

Cheap per litre is marketing. Cheap per kilometre is reality.

[Lalith @lalitgrateful]

Nitin gadkari’s obsession with ethanol will be the single reason why nda govt. will lose power eventually

the anger is rising and it’s only going to get worse. existing vehicle owners who bought their cars a few years ago are already facing concerns and issues

people save for years to buy a vehicle, not to become part of a nationwide experiment

grand visions mean little if ordinary citizens end up paying the cost. ignore public frustration for too long and the ballot box will deliver the answer, soon.

[Pratik Khandelwal @K2Prk]

@nitin_gadkari Got me retweeting a #Congress handle! That's how bad the current state is! 🤷

[Congress Kerala @INCKerala]

Greedy Gadkari and Modi is destroying everything including engines, fuel injectors and your pockets.

Alcohol is injurious to your health, wealth, and vehicles.

[Anthony @TheGalox_]

First impressions after switching from a MacBook to a Yoga 😋

(AS A LIFETIME MAC USER)

Benefits:
- THE BATTERY LIFE. Honestly, I didn’t even imagine that a Laptop can live for so long. -5% AFTER 3 HOURS of SOT. My Mac completely dies in 1 hour on the other hand ⚰️💔

Standby battery loss is also crazy small. 0% during the night when not in use. Unbelievable.

- The aluminium chassis is absolutely gorgeous. I feel like it changes the whole perception of the device. Mac feels cheap, and I hate it so SO much.

This also makes it super sleek and nice to touch, hold, and use in general.

- I have an Galaxy, Tab and Buds. And my Mac was always like a boulder in this ecosystem.

The Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i on the other hand, obviously, works SO WELL with all of them, but what’s especially amazing is their symbiosis with Galaxy Tab. The mouse pointer can be dragged from Yoga to Tab, the Tab can be used as a second monitor etc.

- THE TRACK PAD, oh my God. This is the best thing I’ve touched in a long time. The haptic feedback, smoothness of the surface, and its size are immaculate. AND the fact that I can click it ALL over its area is a cherry on top 🤤🤤🤤
(On my Mac you can only click at the bottom, and holy moly I hate it)

I would never think that I’d find a trackpad more appealing to use than a mouse.

It’s just so satisfying to interact with.

- Windows 11 Pro is extremely smooth and comfortable to interact with. This is my first time using it after having a lifetime experience with Mac, so I’m still learning. But for now, I love it so much more than Crapple’s 🏞 ❌.

- USB C charger is so comfortable to attach and use, and the fact that I don’t need a huge ass slow charging block is my favorite.

But with its battery life I’m not gonna bring a charger with me to Uni anyway, cause there is no need for that. Unlike… 😍

Downsides: (I need more time to find bigger ones)
- Lol it's actually perfect

Overall:
- I am genuinely in shock, because I never thought a Laptop can be like THIS. And I mean, to feel like something as easy to open and immediately start using like a Smartphone.

You've been baited. For now…
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Mac Laptop: MacBook Pro 17 - Core i7-620M, 4/500GB

Lenovo: Yoga Pro 9i - Core Ultra 9 386H, 32/1TB

[🀄ɸǤ⛩️ @iamhemuk]

It is time for truck operators and transport unions to launch a protest. @nitin_gadkari needs to be held accountable for the state of our transport sector.

[Anuradha Tiwari @talk2anuradha]

> Doesn’t demand Reservation 24/7/365
> Doesn’t engage in appeasement politics
> Doesn’t cry “jitni aabadi utna haq”
> Doesn’t hate Brahmins

Annamalai is clearly a misfit in today’s social-justice-on-steroids politics !

[Ruthless Trader 🔨🇮🇳 @stockspicker_]

Paying 85 for 15% petrol !!

Roads can't tolerate a single round of rain !
People with 0 traffic sense or how to drive on road all around the country . Heavy trucks and rickshaw driving on 1st lane of highway at 40-50 kmph.
A vehicle with matte black smoke from exhaust has its legal PUC.
People driving on high beam driving even when street light is present .

But what govt only care about !! ?

Blending ethanol and isobut in fuel Modified accessories and exhaust
Toll tax on broken roads
Can't drive over 80-100 on highways(wtf for even highways are built for?)

[Dr Aniruddha Malpani, MD @malpani]

Isn't it shameful that the Education Minister of our country has such little confidence in his own department that he sends his daughter abroad for studies!

[Saket Gokhale @SaketGokhale]

There’s no bigger shameless hypocrite than this man.

Just two weeks ago, Modi called upon people to reduce fuel usage. He and his ministers even did nautanki of “reducing convoys” for a day.

And then, yesterday, Modi does a roadshow in Daman with a huge convoy of vehicles. Where’s the “austerity” now? And who paid for the fuel? Indian taxpayers.

Was this necessary & a part of his job as PM? Nope. He did this purely for his own publicity and PR.

Sacrifices are only expected from ordinary Indians. Meanwhile Modi will even sacrifice the country for his own benefit.

[General Merit 🔥 @MeritvsQuota]

Meet Naimisha Pradhan
Daughter of Dharmendra Pradhan

She completed Master of Laws from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Massachusetts USA.

He sent his Children to study abroad and our Children are forced to study in this rotten system where every exam is scammed or leaked with 65% Reservations.

Only one Word "Shameless" for these Politicians.